Amend CSHB 1398 by adding a new section to read as follows,
to be numbered appropriately and inserted in the appropriate
location in the bill:
      SECTION     .  Subchapter C, Chapter 281, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 281.0514 to read as follows:
      Sec. 281.0514. HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; CONTRACT WITH
CERTAIN HOSPITALS. (a)  The Harris County Hospital District shall
contract for indigent health care services with at least one
hospital that is:
            (1)  located in the district;
            (2)  exempt from federal income tax under Section
501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and its subsequent
amendments, by being listed as an exempt entity under any
subdivision of Section 501(c) of that code; and
            (3)  substantially devoted to providing hospital
services to socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in
the geographical area of the district.
      (b)  A contract under this section is subject to Section
281.051(a).